Lansing man arrested on First Degree Murder charges after death investigation from May 9
Andrew Karvel ...
May 9 of this year, the Lansing/New Albin Police Department responded to a medical call of an elderly man unconscious and not breathing. When officers arrived on scene, it was determined that 83-year-old Daniel William Lundy was deceased, and a death investigation was initiated.
Wednesday, August 17, the Lansing/New Albin Police Department arrested 67-year-old Andrew Raymond Karvel of Lansing, who was then charged with Murder in the First Degree in connection to the May 9 incident. Karvel remains in the Allamakee County Jail where he is being held without bond.
The investigation remains active and no further information will be released by authorities at this time. The Lansing/New Albin Police Department is being assisted by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Major Crimes Unit, Allamakee County Sheriff’s Office and Iowa Medical Examiner’s Office.
Court documents in the case explain that a warrant was issued August 17 for Karvel’s arrest following further investigation into events leading up to Lundy’s May 9 death at 650 South 2nd Street in Lansing, which is historically recorded as Allamakee County’s first courthouse and is currently under the ownership of Sycamore Grove Investments Inc. of Le Mars.
An autopsy conducted by the State of Iowa Medical Examiner’s office rendered strangulation as the cause of Lundy’s death. Court documents also note that further investigation by authorities indicated that evidence pointed to Karvel having malice aforethought, and willfully, deliberately, and with premeditation, taking Lundy’s life.
A preliminary hearing for Karvel in the case is scheduled for Thursday, August 26 at the Allamakee County Courthouse in Waukon. Karvel had previously pleaded guilty to Assault in a March 2019 case in which he pushed Lundy in the residence they shared in Lansing at that time.
Court documents further reveal that during that May 9 response in Lansing, it was also discovered that living conditions within the residence shared by Karvel and Lundy at 650 South 2nd Street in Lansing were described as “horrendous” by responding officials. It was noted there was no electricity, no heat, no running water, and human and animal waste were evident throughout the site.
Court documents note that one adult female canine Corgi-mix and one adult feline were also residing in the building, with officials observing no food or water source for the animals. Based on such conditions, the animals were removed from the building and Karvel later agreed to turn over ownership of the animals to the Humane Society of Northeast Iowa.
